Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners

Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners

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Author(s): Eileen Van Schaik, PhD & Cynthia E. Roat, MPHDISCLOSURE STATEMENT: All author(s), contributor(s), editor(s), and CME Office Reviewer(s) state that they do not have any financial arrangements with commercial interests that could constitute a conflict of interest.Further Author Information | Further CME Information

Financial Support Received: Initial program development supported by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2R44NR008839-03

Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners

1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM

Current CME Approval Period:
November 1, 2017 - October 31, 2019

Financial Support Received: Initial program development supported by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2R44NR008839-03

ACCME/AMA PRA Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and Talaria, Inc.. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME Office Contact Information and CME Disclosure

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
Office of Continuing Medical Education
520-626-7832
uofacme@email.arizona.edu

The following University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson CME Reviewers, Activity Directors, or Planning Committee Members have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests that could constitute a conflict of interest with the proposed activity:

Robert Amend, M.Ed. Randa Kutob, MD

Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners

Following an earlier career as a registered nurse, Dr. Van Schaik taught anthropology and conducted ethnographic evaluation research as a visiting lecturer and research assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for six years. She joined Talaria in 2002, and is the principal investigator for five completed and three ongoing SBIR grants. Dr. Van Schaik enjoys translating her nursing experience and expertise in anthropology into multimedia resources for healthcare providers, patients, and families. Currently, Dr. Van Schaik is also a clinical assistant professor in Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems at the University of Washington.

Cynthia E. Roat, MPH

Cynthia Roat is a consultant and trainer on issues related to language access in health care. She is the principle author of Bridging the Gap, currently the most widely offered training program for medical interpreters in the United States. She is a founding member of the Society of Medical Interpreters (SOMI) in Seattle, is Chair of the Advisory Committee of the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC), and is a national advocate for the field of health care interpreting and for language access in general. Ms. Roat has been an interpreter trainer for over twenty years, and is certified by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services for both medical and social service interpreting. She holds a Masters degree in International Public Health from the University of Washington.

Disclosure: The author and contributors state that they do not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.

Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners

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User Comments

by David Bass | Jan 26, 2018
very good program

by robert kaplan | Dec 23, 2017
Thanks

by mary zakutney | Aug 16, 2016
well done

by David Archer | Jul 28, 2016
Various usefull scenarios were well played out

by Hidden | Jul 22, 2016
Very well done program

by Hidden | Jun 28, 2016
Please provide a handout of the information for future reference. Happy to be able to complete these courses online on my own time schedule and the fact that I can stop and come back and pick up where I left off.

Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners

This course meets general AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit(s)TM requirements in states that have a CME requirement.

Based on information from state licensing authorities, this program meets special CME requirements in these states:

California End of Life / Palliative Care CME

California Geriatric CMEFrom the CA Board of Medicine: "General internists and family physicians who have a patient population of which over 25 percent of the patients are at least 65 years of age, are required to complete at least 20 percent of their mandatory CME in the field of geriatric medicine. All other physicians are encouraged to take a course in geriatric medicine, including geriatric pharmacology, as part of their mandatory CME."

Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners

Technical Requirements

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This program also requires that you have the latest free Flash Player.

IMPORTANT for iPad Users: Please download and use the Free Puffin Browser from the app store if you want to complete this course on an iPad. This course requires Adobe Flash and will not work in the iPad Safari Browser.